The Great Seal of the state of Iowa was made official by Iowa's first state legislature in 1847.
The eagle and the scroll with the state's motto are also used on Iowa's flag. The motto reads "Our liberties we
prize and our rights we will maintain." In the middle of the seal, a soldier stands in a field of wheat,
holding an American flag. A cultivator rests in the field behind him, smoke trails from the chimney of a small
cabin, and a ship steams through the water in the background.